Listening to

Aminals by Will Wiesenfeld a.k.a. Baths , ’cause it makes me feel happy, and it’s a party weekend. Happy 4th everybody.

Chattanooga

The Chattanooga Choo Choo (where we stayed):

Our booth:

More here.

 

 

Listening to:

Seer, by Motopony. I think this is gonna be on repeat while Liz and I are driving to Chattanooga today, for the Chatty Crafty show. Come on out and visit us if you are in the area.

Miss Stella

Practising “beg”

 

 

 

Inspirations

I’ve been leafing through magazines and websites looking for interior spaces…I’d love to be able to capture the warm and eclectic spirit of these in our home:

One of my favorite places to drool over other people’s homes is The Selby, a project by photographer Todd Selby, capturing interesting people in their equally interesting homes. The last series are based in New Zealand, and one of his subjects was fashion designer Karen Walker. Something about her smile and the airy simplicity of her home reminded me of my best friend Ursula:

I heart Judah Ross

Huh?

I was googling Judah Ross, and this listing on Amazon popped up. Apparently this company will put any name you want on the sweatshirt, but I wonder how they picked Judah Ross as their sample text?

Nesting

A few weeks back the hubby was pruning the azalea bushes next to our deck, and found a lovely birds nest from years past. I love how the it is constructed, and how perfect it looks tucked into the structure of the branches.

Then, as he started on the next bush he found another nest, this one with four tiny robin’s still in it. We watched as they got bigger and bigger, barely able to squeeze in there together, and then one day they were gone. The hubby finished pruning their bush a couple of days ago and revealed their nest, even more beautiful than the first, lined with mud and straw.

Now that the rush of spring sewing is starting to subside I’ve had a little time to work my own nest. Honestly I haven’t been very inspired, but I hit thrift store down the street last week and came up with a few goodies, a couple of wood & velvet folding chairs, a cool basket (there’s very little storage in this old place, so I see basket collecting in my future).

Planet Earth Celebration

Despite the insane events that followed (see the story here), I was excited to put together these ensembles for the Earth Day celebrations in Raleigh. Jewelry and styling by Liz of Haden Designs.

Durham Dress

Tilly Tank & Hargett Street Skirt

The Tokyo tank from Spring 2010, and one-off bamboo trousers

Five Points Dress

Sugar Mountain Sundress

Braving the wind and resulting bad hair (me) at the Planet Earth festival

Inspiration

I love everything about these pieces by Electric Feathers , the silhouettes, the colors, the styling.

In the studio

For the last couple of days I’ve been working on an alteration project. I have a client who is getting married and wanted part of the train of her dress cut off and made into a vest and bow-tie for her fiance.

 

Before

The first step was to remove beading and take the hem of the dress apart in preparation for cutting it. Doing hand work is very soothing, and reminded me of this movie.

 

Removing beads

I think my client and I both cringed a little inside when it was time to make the cut…..

 

New hem, pinned / And !Cut!

Re-attaching the lining...it barely fits on the machine table!

The new garment